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back to Boeing
There is no one that needs to go from manchester to anywhere if the airline were to fold. If you told me the aircraft was going to ALC or TFS or PMI then I’d put more credence in the a/c being a repatriation a/c. It flying to man makes no sense. Extra flight (empty) so extra cost, no crew and no parking.
The Qatar Crew for the first lot of the MON repatriation flights flew in days before. The aircraft flew in with more crew and the first lot took the planes out to pick up the passengers allowing the crew who brought in the planes to rest before doing day twos flights.
The crew for the first flights are probably already in place.